From the University of Southern California Law News Service
Contact: Gilien Silsby at (213) 740-9690 or (213) 500-8673
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Examining the New U.S. Supreme Court Term
Legal scholars Kathleen Sullivan, John Eastman and Rebecca Brown will discuss the Supreme Court Term in a panel discussion sponsored by USC Law, and USC Student Chapters of The American Constitution Society and Federalist Society
WHAT: The USC Gould School of Law will hold a discussion and debate on the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court Term examining the dynamics of the Court, the appointment of Justice Elena Kagan and the Court's future. Two free MCLE credits will be offered.
WHO: Kathleen Sullivan of Stanford Law School, John Eastman of Chapman Law School and Rebecca Brown of USC Law will serve on the panel. USC Law Professor Elizabeth Garrett will moderate the discussion.
WHEN: Monday, Sept. 20 at 5:30 p.m. Hosted reception will begin at 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: USC University Club, 645 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, 90089
PARKING: Please call Gilien Silsby for complimentary parking reservations.
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON PANELISTS:
Kathleen Sullivan, a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan in New York City and a Stanford Law professor, has argued a variety of cases before appeals courts and the U.S. Supreme Court. An author of the nation's leading casebook in constitutional law, she has published articles on federalism, religion, speech, equality, and constitutional theory. From 1999 to 2004, Sullivan served as the eleventh dean of Stanford Law School and the first woman dean of any school at Stanford.
John Eastman, a leading expert on constitutional law, was the dean of Chapman University School of Law until January 2010. He is the director of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, a public interest law firm affiliated with the Claremont Institute that he founded in 1999. He served as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and for Judge J. Michael Luttig at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Rebecca Brown is a constitutional theorist whose scholarship focuses on judicial review and its relationship to individual liberty under the U.S. Constitution. Brown clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and U.S. Court of Appeals Chief Judge Spottswood W. Robinson III. She also served as an attorney advisor in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel.
Elizabeth Garrett, a professor of law, political science and public policy, is a leading authority on the legislative process, direct democracy, the federal budget process, the study of democratic institutions, statutory interpretation and tax policy. She clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and Judge Stephen Williams on the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Garrett served as legislative director, legal counsel and legislative assistant for tax and budget issues for U.S. Senator David L. Boren.
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